I maybe coulda posted this earlier, but last Saturday was publication day for my first novella, "The Best Laid Schemes", in the anthology "Grombrindal: The Legend of the White Dwarf!"

This worship of efficiency kills creativity. Every transcript I have, every piece of research, I go over again & again, looking for detail, pattern, illuminating anecdote. It’s not efficient. I flail sometimes! But it’s essential. It’s how I learn to tell the story to myself, so I can tell it to you

it's just newt videos for a while.... so cute...

YEAR OF THE MER Mega-Thread since we're a couple weeks out and I kind of feel like throwing up. Book 1 of 2 is out on April 7! Available in the US and CAN from Saga: bookshop.org/p/books/year... And in the UK and wherever else they distribute in English from Titan: titanbooks.com/72438-year-o...

the trump administration is selling this country wholesale to rapacious, extractive industries that will destroy our collective resources for private profit morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

Everybody's talking about @deenahelm.bsky.social's debut Palestinian haunted house horror OUR CUT OF SALT, out from @tornightfire.bsky.social on September 22!

this also reveals the lie at the core of "we're ok with immigrants who do it the 'right way'" because it demonstrates how "the right way" is always subject to the whims of the ruler(s), and, importantly, their racism.

Magnificent.

oof, reminds me of my time in game journalism (same era, related causes, similar implosion)

Not one for theories of everything (other than the housing theory of everything, duh), but I do think "we undermined the material basis for patriarchy without destroying its grip on the collective imagination, thereby driving many people insane" is a sort of skeleton key to most of what's happening.

The Black Library Weekly is here! Some bittersweet news about the future of the feature, but some great new features in the Black Library are coming as well!

Doing our darndest over here at Brackenbury Books!

I genuinely think the president and many of his advisers, scammers, hustlers, and keyboard gangsters, don’t understand this concept at all and you can see it in the pattern of their mistakes from Minneapolis to Tehran www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/o...

what people sound like when they say i asked claude

What's really going on here is twofold. First, the anti-trans "reporters" on this issue do not know their own beat. As I've said before, the anti-trans argument is a conspiracy theory. It posits that the medical field is handing out surgeries to kids at the slightest hint of gender nonconformity.

The NYT is being disingenuous here. The AMA has *always* said that gender-affirming surgeries should generally be reserved for adults. That's part of why so few kids get them! The AMA reiterated this position and the NYT is characterizing it as a policy change. It's not.

From Conan the Barbarian #28 (2026) Story: Jim Zub Line Art: Fernando Dagnino Colors: Diego Rodriguez Letters: Richard Starkings and Tyler Smith www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/811661...

No Kings (Philadelphia)

Still 90 mins out and Boston crowd is massive…millions taking to the street today saying “no kings!”

Uncanny Magazine is eligible for the Best Semiprozine Hugo, & Michael Damian Thomas is eligible for the Best Editor (Short Form) Hugo. (Note: If you are nominating Michael Damian Thomas in this category, please only list Michael. They solo edited Uncanny Magazine in 2025.)

the IOC already tried using SRY testing at the 1996 Olympics and then abandoned it before the 2000 Olympics because led to a bunch of "false positives" among cis female athletes who had no idea they were born with various intersex conditions

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

Oh wow 75% came fast! Thank you all! Excited not to bother you with it again for another year soon as it's wrapped

Personally, I'm pretty amused by WB desperately trying to wring a movie out of any stray comma in LOTR, while just out of reach lie the rich treasures of The Silmarillion, which they can never touch as cosmic punishment for pulling the Hollywood accounting trick on the Tolkien estate 25 years ago.

one of many reasons to distrust platner is that rural healthcare is in significant trouble as a direct result of actions the republicans have taken. republicans closed rural hospitals, not big pharma, and if you’re running as a dem, it’s your job to say that

great news for the amazon boycotters: The Casefile of Jay Moriarty is now available in paperback on DriveThruFiction! https://www.drivethrufiction.com/en/product/559353/the-casefile-of-jay-moriarty

I've been working on this piece for a few months, and I won't lie it's hurt to go from hearing the suffering inflicted by this transphobic theocracy to seeing progressives sing its praises. The bishops' ban is the most extensive trans healthcare ban in the country. It deserves way more attention.

Epic Games firing 1000 people may seem cruel, greedy or a sign of poor management but we have to face the facts: it’s not like Fortnite is the most popular game in the world. Tough choices have to made for up and coming indie projects from small developers like this to be allowed to thrive

Tax evasion alone should result in 2/3 of this administration going to prison

"A Reckoning in Whitehall" has finished serializing on the Casefile of Jay Moriarty website, which means you can now read the whole thing for free: https://moriarty.inferiorwit.com/category/moriarty10/

This is an excellent summary of the US War on Iran current situation. I’m an existentialist and borderline absurdist and even I struggle with the current moment. This summary is just fantastic.

I was in multiple rooms at GDC where management of games studios let their hair down and said "everyone's using it, gamers hate it so we just have to hide it now", but none were actually able to explain if and how AI were making games faster to develop or better at all

This is a great list of techniques for getting real information out of a Google search and avoiding AI slop and paid results. (One thing not included is that if you add "-ai" to a search, you block the AI summary) cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...

*PETRODACYTL SCREAM* My girl Niobe is getting an anime adaptation from @strangercomics.bsky.social and Mollo Animation. I've waited so long to see her onscreen m.youtube.com/watch?v=M3QZ...

Are you an artist? Do you draw or paint creatures? My bird reference photos might be for you: davidcsimon.gumroad.com/l/afdez

"A surprise, even if you aren’t in love with the Dark Elves, Temple of Spite has tons of lore, hooks, and so many characters to include wherever you want!" Thank you to Professional Casual for the great review: https://professionalcasual.com/2026/02/24/wfrp-book-review-temple-of-spite/

i usually keep my content warnings to a vague "this may disturb you" because my baseline for what does and does not need a warning is completely fucked. people would be like "hey why did you warn for the presence of dogs but not the cannibalism"

today's newsletter is out and features the new book: https://inferiorwit.com/newsletter80/

looks like i'm currently at #45 on Amazon's Canadian charts for "Transgender" no further delineation, just "Transgender," which means i am a) momentarily outselling judith butler and b) on the same chart as fucking IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE? #45

With America's 21st century status as a solid #2 in peril, there's only one way out of this for Trump. He's going to have to make up something stupid and believe it.

The Atlantic says Dubai is a haven for middle-class migrants and this is their evidence. You cannot make this shit up. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Breaking: the DOGE deposition videos have been taken off YouTube. On Friday the government asked a judge to intervene, said the videos could cause reputational damage, death threats. Judge agreed, ordered them removed: www.404media.co/doge-deposit...

Archived version:

A new two book novel from Dan Abnett is on its way later this year as a two book set. Austerity, anarchy, and Arbites alongside threats unseen loom in the shadows of Hive. Intrigued about the release as a two book set rather than in separate releases. www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

As soon as I see @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social has had @premeemohamed.com @margaret.bsky.social @decassette.bsky.social & Michael Moorcock producing work for them do I immediately sign up to the 2026 crowd funder?? Yes. Yes I do 🖤 ...Plus I immediately ordered a back issue to tide me over 😅

Did a story on what RFK Jr. believes and how it ties into what some are describing as "soft eugenics." We also interviewed @bethmariem.bsky.social who did a piece last year digging into his beliefs. You can listen here or wherever you get your podcasts

In which I talk about Sir Ian Hamilton, Oswald Spengler, feminism, American train-car conductors and hotel clerks, Prime Minister Saionji Kinmochi, the Hibiya Park riots, the Russo-Japanese War, Guilty Gear, Assassin's Creed: Shadows, femboy erasure, and the perennial quest for a woke-free Japan.